I had my tonsils removed when I was 11 MM, I was quite painful, tho nothing near childbirth... no way. However I hadn't been through childbirth at that point.. so I would have said that too! Now the removal of the cyst and some bone, I think that would be a lot more painful than tonsils..specially the bone and the healing time. Poor guy! I really hope this will all work out very well for him and you.

I did hurt for about 2 weeks or so, I had some severe damage to my tonsils tho. The one thing I remember MM from that surgery, and it was my first.. is that I was really scared, as most kids would be. When I woke up in my room no one was there, my parents were not at the hospital either, we lived in a different town. I felt so confused and out of it from the medications. I got out of my bed and fell flat on my face. A nurse got me back in bed, took out my IV. I got up to go to the bathroom and blood literally started spurting out of my hand from the IV, it was unreal like a bad movie. At that point I was so freaked out I nearly fainted.

I got very panicky and kept trying to call my parents, took me a while to get a hold of them. When he does wake up after try to be near by or there in case he is feeling confused or scared. Those meds really mix you up, and that itself can be very scary.

It sounds like he is in good hands. I will keep your family in my thoughts that everything turns out really well and that his health is restored. I know that waiting period will be really hard, just try to remain positive.

Hehe I was promised ice cream diet too, they gave me popcicles at the hospital as you can't really eat, thing is I could barely eat those either. It is pretty raw feeling especially for the first few days. I don't remember what I was given for pain, I suspect it was tylonal 3.